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Limitrophe
[LIH-mih-trohf]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, late 16th century
1.
A borderland.
2.
An immediately neighboring country.
Examples of Limitrophe in a sentence
"The beginning of the neighbors' limitrophe was defined by a hedge."
"Norway is a limitrophe with Sweden."
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